Quote Originally Posted by sollitt View Post
Actually they both started 6 events with Paddon scoring points on 5 and Hanninen on 3.
Both suffered from mechanical issues throughout the year with Hanninen throwing a couple of offs into the mix.
None of which, of course, tells us anything other than that they're probably relatively evenly matched.
That's how I would have picked it. Out of curiosity how many mechanical issues did Paddon have in the 6 rounds?

I know the double puncture in Spain was due to a mistake, that was his own doing.
GB he had power steering issues on day one which robbed him of a top 5.
He had power-steering issues on one other event also, I just can't quite remember which one it was. He was quick for the rest of the rally, quite a few top 4 stage times.

Obviously the top 2 drivers get oodles more testing time. I think Hayden didn't start doing his own set ups until event 4 (he had been using his team mates up until that stage = not ideal).